Caldo Gallego Estilo Cubano - Galician Soup Cuban Style Recipe - Details, Calories, Nutrition Inform

Ingredients

• 1 cup dry white bean ( cannelli beans or great northern beans, pre-soaked overnight in just enough water to cover, to tende)
• 2 quarts beef stock or 2 quarts chicken broth or 2 quarts water
• 2 chorizo sausages, casing removed & sliced on an angle (sausage available at latin grocery stores)
• 1/2 lb extra lean cured ham, chopped ( thick-cut 1/2-inch from deli counter)
• 3 pieces pork fat (optional) or 3 slices thick slab bacon
• ham hock (optional)
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 tbsp minced garlic
• 1/4 cup chopped green pepper
• 1 tbsp tomato sauce
• 1 tbsp pure spanish olive oil
• 1/4 cup chopped turnip
• 2 potatoes, peeled and chopped into 1/2-inch cubes
• 1 cup chopped collard greens (stems removed and cleaned well )
• salt , to taste
• fresh ground black pepper , to taste
• sazon con azafran seasoning , to taste
• sazon completo seasoning, to taste